You think funding and arming the fight against the territory russia is intent on taking back for its own safety is gonna stop a war.....
Go look up WWII and the Napoleonic wars. Heck go back to Caesar or Charlemagne if you like.
History has shown over and over again that people intent on empire building don't stop with one war and if you try to appease them and roll over you just make it harder for yourself in the long run.
Never more important than now with Russia having nuclear weapons. You don't want two nuclear powers to go all out war with each other, much safer fighting a proxy war.
